Make a lasting impact on a Minneapolis student today.
Julia O'Brien
Director of Advancement
P: 612-455-1552
jobrien@achievempls.org
AchieveMpls provides you with the opportunity to positively impact the lives of Minneapolis students. 87 percent of all dollars raised funnel directly back into the classrooms, supporting our youth as they succeed in school and become productive members of society.
An undesignated gift allows AchieveMpls to use funds where needed most. Every gift to AchieveMpls represents a gift to our total mission of galvanizing community resources to help all Minneapolis Public School students succeed in school and become productive members of society. For example:
* $100 provides students with tools to be successful in the classroom through school supply drives.
* $250 sends students on an enriching field trip.
* $500 provides study skills education for students, helping to prepare them for a successful education.
* $1,000 ensures that one high school student has a thoughtful plan for life after high school.
* $2,000 provides a Minneapolis student with the opportunity to explore a career and gain valuable work skills in a professional environment.
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As a 2008 graduate of North High, Sirmark Gentry has faced more than his fair share challenges in his 18 years. Having bounced from parent to parent and then foster parent to foster parent when younger, Sirmark found himself homeless for the end of his high school career. Sleeping on a different couch every night, he struggled to let go of family problems and start planning for his future. With the help of “Ms. Arnise,” the Career & College Center coordinator at North, Sirmark eventually found a more permanent home and got in to the STEP-UP Summer Jobs Program. He was excelling in school and in the two high-profile STEP-UP jobs at the University of Minnesota. At the end of last June, Sirmark was slated to speak to a group of business leaders at the Career & College Initiative year end celebration. Sirmark finished his speech with a bit of news – he had just learned that he was the recipient of a full scholarship, room and board included, to the University of Minnesota, beginning in Fall of 2008.